Ningen Isu - Love Suicide At Shinagawa (品川心中) (2006) reaction commentary

Ningen Isu - Love Suicide At Shinagawa (品川心中) (2006) reaction commentary - Heavy Metal

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Today I listen to Japanese heavy metal band, Ningen Isu (Japanese: 人間椅子, Hepburn: Ningen Isu, lit. 'The Human Chair') perform Love Suicide At Shinagawa (Shinagawa Shinjuu 品川心中) from their 2006 album, The Fu-chi-ku (瘋痴狂; Hoochie Koo).
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Love Suicide At Shinagawa
9:02 My thoughts
13:12 - Who are Ningen Isu?
Links
Original Music Video: • NINGEN ISU / Love Sui...
Ningen Isu playlist: • Ningen Isu
Heavy Metal playlist: • Metal
J-Rock playlist: • J-Rock
Ningen Isu (Japanese: 人間椅子, Hepburn: Ningen Isu, lit. 'The Human Chair') is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in Hirosaki in 1987. The band's current line-up consists of co-founders Shinji Wajima (guitar, vocals) and Ken-ichi Suzuki (bass, vocals) alongside Nobu Nakajima (drums, vocals), who joined in 2004. All three members contribute to the songwriting process. They have been noted for their stage personas, with Wajima dressing as a Meiji-era literary master, Suzuki dressing as a Buddhist monk, and Nakajima dressing as a Yakuza-style gangster.
Ningen Isu was strongly influenced by Black Sabbath. Other influences include UFO, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Budgie, King Crimson, and similar artists. The style of Wajima's guitar playing is influenced by Robert Fripp, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Ace Frehley, Michael Schenker, and Tsugaru-jamisen. Suzuki is inspired mostly by Kiss and paints his face white while moving in a style similar to Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.
The Fu-chi-ku (瘋痴狂; Hoochie Koo) album was released in 2006.
Love Suicide At Shinagawa (Shinagawa Shinjuu 品川心中) is track four.

Пікірлер: 4

@socrateos 3 күн бұрын

Realy love this band and this song.

@robertpraetorius4007 18 күн бұрын

I was confused enough by what was going on in this song that I did a bit of research. Digging through the comments on the original yt video I found some explanations for the setting and the story: "The song title "Shinagawa Shinjuu" refers to the Shinagawa Love Suicides, a series of well-known Rakugo comic stories. Rakugo is a form of one-person comedy story telling, and at around the 6 minute mark in the video, guitarist Wajima is seen doing a Rakugo routine. These guys certainly love their literature references, and this is one of their best songs" "If anyone is wondering why a love suicide story could be a comedy (see my comment below) the actual story is about a prostitute called O-Some, who gets into financial trouble, and decides to end it all. However, suicide for financial reasons is frowned upon, whereas lovers suicides are seen as more honourable. So she picks a dim-witted customer called Kinzo, who works in a bookshop, and persuades him to join her in a pact to jump in the river and drown together.. However, Kinzo, not being very bright, makes a mess of the preparations, which leads to some of the humour. Then when the time comes, he changes his mind, so she shoves him into the river. Before she can follow him, however, a wealthy old customer passes by, takes pity on her, and she goes off with him, leaving poor old Kinzo sat in dirty, muddy water that was too shallow to drown in anyway."